Aase Texmon Rygh
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| Born | April 13, 1925 |
| Died | May 21, 2019 (aged 94) |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Education | Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry 1944-46 Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts 1948-49 |
| Notable work | Möbius |
| Style | Modernism |
| Website | www |
Aase Texmon Rygh, (April 13, 1925 – May 21, 2019) was a Norwegian sculptor working in the
Early life and education
Aase Texmon Rygh was born in Troms County, Norway. She studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry from 1944 until 1946. Two years later, she studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, under Einar Utzon-Frank, for one year. In 1950, she visited Paris, where she visited the Louvre. The visit would be pivotal in shaping her career as a professional artist.
Career
Texmon Rygh primarily exhibited in Norway, with a retrospective exhibition at the
Work
The Möbius series were Texmon Rygh's signature works. They are sculptures based on the mathematical Möbius strip as the German mathematician August Ferdinand Möbius developed.[1]
Later life and legacy
In 2001, Aase Texmon Rygh became a knight of 1 Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.[2]
Texmon Rygh died May, 2019.
Notable exhibitions
- 2018: Aase Texmon Rygh. The Form of Eternity at
Notable works
- Spiral II, bronze plaque, 1952 in Tønsberg
- Bjørn Farmann monument, bronze plaque, 1971 in Tønsberg
- Løk (Onions), 1977, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås
- Volta, in 1978, Furuset Senter, Oslo
- Brutt form (Broken terms), 1983, Furuset Senter, Oslo
- Möbius triple, at Ekebergparken Sculpture Park, Oslo[4]
References
- ^ "Aase Texmon Rygh Modernist for ever (exhibition)". Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
- Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian)
- ^ "Aase Texmon Rygh. The Form of Eternity". Alta Museum. January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
- ^ Ekebergparken Sculpture Park – Aase Texmon Rygh Archived February 7, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
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